# Dakshin Rajapur Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Dakshin Rajapur

Dakshin Rajapur is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,865 people in 569 households**, the 34th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 2,865people (2011)
- 569households
- 74.7%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Rajapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Rajapur in 2011, 58 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Dakshin Rajapur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****58%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**37%

Tap water ****22%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**28%

Television ****6%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

None of these assets ****29%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Dakshin Rajapur?

■ Dakshin Rajapur · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1087**

**962

Working population ****33.7%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 70.0% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 376 (39%) · **■** Household industry 58 (6%) · **■** Other work 243 (25%) · **■** Marginal 93 (10%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhangar - I

- Jagulgachhi2,926 people
- Gangapur2,911 people
- Garanbaria2,902 people
- Amreswar2,899 people
- Kanjdia2,685 people
- Hariharpur2,653 people
- Durgapur2,650 people
- Bausahar2,635 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Rajapur?2,865 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Rajapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Rajapur?74.7% (Census 2011)